Harness



(No Model.)

V. SMITH.

HARNESS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR SMITH, ()F BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HUMPHREY D. TATE, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,933, dated February 6, 1883,

Application filed Jul ie, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: i

. Be it known that I, VICTOR SMITH, of Bedl'ord, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Harness, of which the following is a specification.

Thespecia-l object of the invention is to improve the construction of a harness-saddle, together with its shaft tug and loop, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view, showing the top of the saddle. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, showing its construction and its connection with the shaft tug and loop.

1n the drawings, E represents a harnesssaddle, having pad-skirts It, each in one piece,

and. made narrow at the lower ends to form billets t.

the usual manner with the belly-bands f g,

as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

16 represents a layer over the upper ends of the pad-skirts and shaft-tugs h j, secured by terrets q and thumb-bolts 'r, with the usual nuts on the under side of the pad-skirts.

s is the check hook, passing under the layer 12, having the front aperture, 11', and rear aperture, u. The forward end of this check is carried over aperture 22 and fastening thumb-bolt t to form a loop for the reception of the overdraw or check rein.

Beneath the terrets q and thumb-bolts r is arranged the stuffed pad w, which protects the horses back from the terretnuts and thumb-bolts.

What I claim as new and of my invention is 1. A harness-saddle having pad-skirts h h on opposite sides of the saddle and narrowed at the lower ends to form billets t" i,conneeted by the belly-band f, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the saddle, of shaft-tugs j j, arranged on the upper sides of the pad-skirts and provided with loops It,

apertures l m n, and billets 0 o, the latter connected by belly-band g, as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the pad-skirts It and shaft-tngsj, of the check-hook 8', having the front and rear apertures, 12 a, and the layer 19, secured by terret bolts and nnts,.as shown and described.

4. The check-hook 8, having aperture 1;, in combination with the thumb-bolt t and saddle E, as described.

i VICTOR SMITH. Witnesses:

JOHN W. Rouse,

E. HOWARD BLACKBUN. 

